By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Trevor Williams outpitched Miles Mikolas in steady rain, CJ Abrams went 3 for 3 with a homer and the Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 to end a five-game skid. With the rain getting heavier in the fifth inning, Abrams sent a 1-0 fastball
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By Amy O’Kruk and Annette Choi, CNN The US Coast Guard and tour company OceanGate Expeditions said Thursday that the five passengers of the Titanic-bound submersible are dead. “We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost,” the company said in
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The latest seasonal outlooks for late summer continue to highlight a hotter and wetter-than-average season for Mid-Missouri. Much of the United States is expected to see a warm summer, with the only areas closer to normal in the Upper Plains. Much less of us are expected to have above-average rainfall, but Mid-MO is within the
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis official says a keycard and a propped-open door gave teenagers access to a downtown office where a party ended in a fatal shooting. St. Louis Building Commissioner Frank Oswald told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday that police don’t know who let the teenagers in or if the
Continue Reading POTOSI, Mo. (AP) — Prison officials in Missouri say a 43-year-old death row inmate has died awaiting execution. Jesse Driskill’s cause of death was not known and an autopsy is planned. Driskill died June 12 at the prison in Potosi, and his death was confirmed Wednesday. Driskill was convicted of murdering 82-year-old Johnnie Wilson and
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DENVER (AP) — Seventeen former Major League Baseball scouts who say they were discriminated against because of their age have sued the league, its teams and Commissioner Rob Manfred. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Denver. The former scouts allege violations of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Sophisticated equipment is on the way to the North Atlantic Ocean to help search for a submersible vessel that was carrying five people when it disappeared on its way to the wreckage of the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard has been leading the search for the Titan since it disappeared Sunday.
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Rescuers on Wednesday rushed more ships and vessels to the area where a submersible disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site, hoping underwater sounds they detected for a second straight day might help narrow their search in an increasingly urgent mission. Crews were scouring an
Continue Reading Associated Press WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general says a wild animal trainer featured in the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” has been convicted of wildlife trafficking. Attorney General Jason Miyares said Tuesday that Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was accused of illegally buying endangered lion cubs in Virginia for display and profit at his South
Continue Reading BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and KEN SWEET AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s three nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors pledged to fight inflation during a confirmation hearing that drew only modest pushback from Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee. Last month, Biden nominated Adriana Kugler, a Georgetown University economist,
Continue Reading By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A historic number of state lawmakers were ousted in this week’s Virginia primary, which featured about four dozen legislative races that set the parties’ slate of candidates for what will be a hard-fought general election. Every seat in both the House of Delegates and state Senate
Continue Reading By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta official facing a lawsuit has approved a petition from activists who want voters to reject a controversial police and firefighter training center. The official approved the petition Wednesday after denying it twice over technicalities. Activists irate over the earlier rejection had sued the city Tuesday
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia election officials say they would need six to nine months to install new software and hardware to update the state’s voting system. They also say there are still technical problems to resolve. They’re pushing back against calls to update the system before the 2024 election cycle.
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The president of the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament on Wednesday defended its controversial decision to disqualify a 619.4-pound blue marlin that would have earned the fishermen about $3.5 million, saying the rules on “mutilation” are there for a reason. “This rule is there to protect the fish so
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Department said on its social media that a man suffered an apparent gunshot wound Wednesday afternoon. Officers were sent to a shots-fired call Wednesday afternoon in the 900 block of Jewell Avenue in central Columbia. CPD tweeted the man who was shot was brought to an area hospital and is
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TONIGHT: After clouding up and producing a few miniscule pop up showers, skies will clear overnight, and temperatures will fall into the mid-60s. TOMORROW: A very similar day is on tap for Thursday. Temperatures will climb into the upper 80s under partly cloudy skies. It is expected to be a mostly dry day, but similarly
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals have not won a series since the middle of May and that trend continued on Wednesday afternoon. The Detroit Tigers secured a series win with a 9-4 victory at Comerica Park. The Royals got off to a two-run lead in the second inning, however, the Tiger offense heated
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LOHMAN, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County woman has been charged with three counts of second-degree arson after she was accused of setting fire to a residence, two barns and a yard on Saturday. A warrant was issued Tuesday for Diana Anne Beasley, 50, of Lohman, and no bond is set. She is not in custody,
Continue Reading By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Zack Short homered and drove in three runs, Javier Báez got his 1,000th career hit and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Kansas City Royals 9-4. The Royals have lost 15 of 18 games. Matthew Boyd allowed two runs and six hits in six innings for Detroit.
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, residents said. Palestinians said one man
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